Kaz Iwaike
Kazuhito Iwaike (岩池一仁 Iwaike Kazuhito), a.k.a. K.A.Z (b. October 11, 1968) is a Japanese musician and guitarist from Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture.
He was guitarist of "Gemmy Rockets" and "The Lovers", later of Oblivion Dust, until September of 2001, (when Oblivion Dust disbanded). In early 1998, he joined Hide with Spread Beaver as guitarrist (although still as Oblivion Dust member). In 2001, he started working with L'Arc~en~Ciel 's bassist Tetsu on his (Tetsu's) solo project TETSU69. In 2002, he formed the rock unit Spin Aqua with vocalist/model/actress Anna Tsuchiya. After producing three singles and one album, they dispersed in mid-2004. In 2003 (at the time with Spin Aqua), he began to work along with Hyde as co-producer and guitarrist in various singles and the album Faith. He also served as a touring guitarrist of various Hyde tours. In late 2004, he created the band "Sonic Storage" with I.N.A. of "Dope Headz." In June 28th 2007, he announced that he was joining again with Oblivion Dust. He will tour with Hyde in a new project called VAMPS starting in August 1 until October 25, 2008.
Equipment
KAZ endorses the guitar brand ESP and has around 3 models:
- ESP NLP 380 LTD
- ESP VP KAZ CUSTOM (black w/horizontal red stripe)
- ESP VP 350
External links
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